import ClassConstructor from './class-constructor';
export * from './surrializable';
/**
 * A surrial template tag, useful for building templates strings while enforcing the values to be serialized using surrial.
 * @param templateLiterals The template literals
 * @param values The values to be serialized using surrial
 */
export declare function surrial(templateLiterals: TemplateStringsArray, ...values: unknown[]): string;
/**
 * Deserializes a string into it's javascript equivalent. CAUTION! Evaluates the string in the current javascript engine
 * (`eval` or one of its friends). Be sure the `serializedThing` comes from a trusted source!
 * @param serializedThing The string to deserialize
 * @param knownClasses A list of known classes used to provide as constructor functions
 */
export declare function deserialize<T = any>(serializedThing: string, knownClasses?: ClassConstructor[]): T;
/**
 * Serializes the thing to a javascript string. This is NOT necessarily a JSON string, but will be valid javascript.
 * @param thing The thing to be serialized
 * @param knownClasses the classes of which instances are serialized as constructor calls (for example "new Person('Henry')").
 */
export declare function serialize(thing: any, knownClasses?: ReadonlyArray<ClassConstructor>): string;